Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Plesioschwinzia constricta
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1942. The Locustopsidae and the phylogeny of the Acridodea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 11:1-18
Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025
See also Gorochov and Coram 2023, Zessin 1983 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis brodiei, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis godoii, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis lacoei, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis nervosa, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis posterior, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis sharovi, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sinensis, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis soaresi, Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis thalassophila, Locustopsis titanella, Locustopsis uvarovi, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: NHM I 10545, an elytra (anal area not preserved). Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Strensham, Worcestershire
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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